# Kunisada (1786) artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/kunisada-1786/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T08:25:44.026Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Woodblock prints and woodcuts, Works on paper and prints

## Portrait

![Kunisada (1786)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Kunisada_shini_e.jpg)
Original uploader was Saboten land at en.wikipedia · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kunisada_shini_e.jpg

## About Kunisada (1786)

The supplied source pack most likely maps Kunisada (1786) to Utagawa Kunisada, whose name appears on several collected print records. Those examples include woodblock or woodcut compositions featuring actors, physiognomic character types, and legendary or warrior figures. One documented series is Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World, while another collected image is titled Nine Actors. These records help explain why collectors may encounter the name on figurative Japanese works on paper. The available evidence is nevertheless incomplete: it does not contain a museum biography, library authority file, or catalogue record establishing the artist's full chronology, nationality, school, or complete set of professional names. The birth year 1786 appears consistently in two Wikimedia records, but their death years conflict. The identity should therefore be treated as a likely match to Utagawa Kunisada rather than a fully resolved authority record.

## Common works and media

The collected examples are figurative works on paper, particularly woodblock prints or woodcuts. Documented subjects in the source pack include actors, character or physiognomic types, and legendary or warrior figures. One example belongs to Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World. Because the pack is narrow, it does not establish the full range of media or subjects associated with the artist.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that a print is correctly attributed to the intended Kunisada identity. For works on paper, relevant comparisons should account for medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, inscriptions, signature, edition details, provenance, subject, and catalogue references. Comparable public sales are most useful when those characteristics closely align. The supplied Appraisily page reports five matched records and three priced records from 2023–2024, but its displayed median, observed range, and lot-count summaries are internally inconsistent. Those figures should not support a price conclusion until reconciled. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, condition differences, and changing attributions can also limit direct comparisons.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile flags unresolved identity and market-data conflicts rather than treating them as settled facts.

## Sources

- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kunisada-1786/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kunisada_shini_e.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utagawa_Kunisada,_Rik%C3%B4_s%C3%B4,_from_the_series_T%C3%B4sei_sanj%C3%BBni_s%C3%B4,_c.1822,_woodcut_(signed_Gototei_Kunisada).jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utagawa_Kunisada_Nine_Actors_1850s.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yama_Uba_and_Kintaro_and_Minamoto_Samurai_in_Mt_Ashiga_by_Utagawa_Kunisada_1811.png